Grow Your Client List and Retain Loyal Customers with Vacations by Andrea

As a winery, you’re not just selling a product; you’re selling an experience. The unique flavors, the rich history, and the craftsmanship behind every bottle of wine can evoke emotions and create lasting memories for your customers. But in today’s competitive wine industry, fostering deep connections with your clients goes beyond just offering great wine….
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Simplify Payroll: How Technology Transforms Your Payroll Process

Running a business, let alone being in the dynamic world of wineries, comes with juggling many tasks. One of those tasks that feels daunting is managing payroll, replete with minute calculations, tax regulations, and employee records. But what if there were ways to simplify this most complex of processes and save you hours in your…
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Benchmarking in the Wine Industry: A Path to Financial Health

Do winery owners know if their winery is actually performing well? Possibly not. There is a good chance they have a general sense of how their business is doing, but do they know how they are doing compared to their peers or the standard you would expect from a winery? Innovint’s recent outreach to its…
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The Complex World of Inventory Compliance for Wineries

The foundation of any successful business – including wineries – comprises the numbers that underly everything. Tracking your performance using these numbers is vital to maintaining and expanding a profitable business. The challenge is in the details and the arduous, often-tedious job of allocating costs, calculating COGS, managing key indicator accounts, and more. Wineries are unique…
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The Importance of Budgeting and Financial Planning for Wineries

As a winery owner, you know that creating a delightful bottle of wine requires more than just excellent grapes and expert winemaking skills. Behind every successful vintage is a meticulous planning process that ensures your winery remains financially viable and profitable.  Budgeting and financial planning are the backbone of this process, guiding you to make…
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How Do We Increase Sales? A Collaborative Guide for Wineries

At Protea Financial, we are proud to work with many incredible people who are making exceptional wine! Their dedication to their craft is inspiring.  We wish this were enough to build a successful wine business. But it is not!  Currently, wine and alcoholic beverages, in general, are having a tough time. Between oversupply, congested markets,…
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